Doddering Old Quotes & Sayings

Indeed, everything was a shock at the beginning. The wash machines, dryers, dishwashers, garbage disposal machines, juicers, toasters, and yes, the ATM machines. Watching money spilled out of a wall was simply amazing! — Li Cunxin

This boy needs a dog.
What makes you say that?
He needs someone or something to play with besides his phone and an old man and an old woman doddering around. — Kent Haruf

To do anything truly worth doing, I must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in with gusto and scramble through as well as I can. — Og Mandino

Look or be devoured. — George R R Martin

Violence isn't the answer. — Shannon Messenger

I can't see how I'll make it a year this way," he said.
"It seems impossible, I know. But when we're old and doddering, this year will seem like a blink. — Paula McLain

He [Johnny Cash] was so fragile. We invaded Iraq in March, and he died in September. And because his health was so fragile, he couldn't take the controversy of making a public statement against the war. He knew that people were rabid. They attacked me mercilessly after I did the press conference with Musicians United to Win Without War. He knew that he couldn't tolerate that. — Rosanne Cash

I think it's always important to give immediate positive reinforcement. — Alfonso Cuaron

Some might consider me an unlikely advocate for gun rights because I sustained terrible injuries in a violent shooting. But I'm a patriot, and I believe the right to bear arms is a definitive part of our American heritage. — Gabrielle Giffords

If you're not scared of your dreams, they aren't big enough. — John Stanmeyer

Long after you and I are gone, God will still be at work - and many of the things we prayed for will finally come to pass. — Billy Graham

The tempt for greatness is the biggest drug in the world. — Mike Tyson

Well, I am becoming doddering and old but I have - I'm writing two books a year now. It's like 220,000 words or something like finished, and, honest to God, I can't do that. I really do need the help of, you know, other people working with me. — John Sandford

I don't want you ever to doubt how much I love you, Mom, but I found it. That love you talked to me about at the inn? He's here, and I have to stay with him. I'm safe and happy, and I know that's all you've ever wanted for me. — Bethany Claire

They were Amy and Jeff Carruthers and they rode south out of Bristol, gravel chattering under the upswept fenders. After a while the man said suddenly, "Whats it like?" Amy glanced out at the fields. "Cotton. Everywhere nothing but cotton. — Shelby Foote

The entire social order ... is arrayed against a woman who wants to rise to a man's reputation. — Madame De Stael

To work hard. To open new doors for our kids, for our grandkids. To renew our spirit. That's what America is about. — Joseph M. Kyrillos

I might just crawl under my bed and not come out until I'm old and doddering and can't remember feeling anything for anyone at all. — Paula McLain